the buccaneers fire head coach lovie smith. now there's talk of where to search for the new head coach. >> the lottery jackpot rolls over again. the largest in u.s. history. estimated total, still ahead. thank you for joining us. all you losers -- i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm flood included.

>> the buccaneers looking for a new head coach after lovie smith was fired last night. >> the team lost the final four games after pulling into position to compete for a wildcard spot in the playoffs. the general manager will oversee the process for finding a new head coach. this afternoon he's set to hold a news conference about the search for smith's replacement. at 5:00 adam winer reveals one possible candidate leading speculation this morning. a man convicted of killing three women in the bay area will be executed today. the state will put oscar ray bowlen to death by lethal injection. he was convicted of murdering three women including 13-year- old stephanie collins in 1986. a student at chamberlain high school. her family gathered to remember her life. he's set to die 6:00 this evening at the florida state prison in stark. live team coverage from the state prison starting 4:00 this

in pinellas county detectives are looking for two men behind several robberies that started last month. the last one was tuesday on gte financial. this one just an attempted armed robbery. the pair walked in arms but something spooked then and they decided to leave and walked out. it's believed to be the same men that robbed a st. pete convenience store along with a bank and gas station in largo. if you know who they are, you're urged to call 1-800-873- tips, crime stoppers. detectives are searching for the gunman that shot and killed three people in a lakeland home. a fourth victim is recovering in the home. maricella burgoes has more. >> reporter: cheryl alexander wants something to change in her neighborhood. she's saddened crime scene tape blocked a home the entire day as deputies investigated a triple homicide.

they've been giving the people from here some grief just by having the traffic and all that, and then of course this was upsetting because it was the first time anyone had done any shooting over it. >> reporter: this home is where the polk county sheriff says david washington, ineda branch and angelica castro were slaughtered this morning. taken to the hospital after he was shot in the face. the sheriff said the house is known as a one stop shop for drugs like marijuana, heroin and cocaine. >> to those who think drugs are harmless, drugs are minor, drugs are not that serious, try telling that to the families of these four people. >> reporter: jessica washington says her brother was one of the people murdered. ? i practically raised him. it hurts my heart so bad. i told him to move.

here. >> reporter: this group wants to get sidewalks and lights. they say they've been trying to revitalize the community for some time. >> we're trying to change an image that has developed about the combee area. >> anyone with information should call the polk county sheriff's office. shay ryan has a look at florida's most accurate forecast. temperatures similar to yesterday. in the mid-50s around tampa bay. and to the north and south temperatures just a degree or two warmer. so we're dry to start the morning. as we move through the day rain is unlikely but not impossible. i'm also watching for a chance for some patchy fog to develop this morning for the commute. at this point again the chances look pretty low but we'll keep a close eye and keep you posted on air and on facebook and

get those updates @tampabayweather. i-275 at the i-4 interchange, no problems through the malfunction junction. we'll check the roads again in saminutes. we're waiting to learn more about a shocking case of child abuse in sarasota. a mother and father are accused of zip tying their 12-year-old daughter's hands and feet and locking her in her playhouse. licensed radiologist dr. dr. eugenia and his attorney wife appeared before a court yesterday. the two have seven children together, four adopted. all of them are now out of the house and in the custody of the families. >> all i know is what i saw, made me feel very uncomfortable and it's not something that i would want. >> a neighbor called 911 after police say the father also

emotionally disturbed daughter had run away. this morning friends are remembering a marine killed just hours after posting an inspiring message on his facebook page. a story that made headlines around the world. reporter michael paluska has more. >> every single thing that man did was from his heart. >> david bishop who goes buy the biker name "moto" is president of the group fast lane for christ. matthew derimer showed his sense of humor. >> he walked in the door and went to my refrigerator not knowing me and grabbed a beer out, opened it, took my peanut butter jar out of the pantry with his finger and ate some peanut butter and told me he had to take a shower. >> reporter: "moto" didn't need to see more than 50,000 likes to know what type of man he

it was just who he was. >> his mind never stopped of spreading god's word. it's who he was. >> he posted a message reflecting on the new year it ended with "i don't know where i'll end up tonight but i know where i wind up is where i'm meant to be." 10 hours later an alleged drunk driver pulled out in front of him killing him instantly. moto says as the memorial grows so does the legend. >> we've had people literally stop and say man, i never know jiff, we don't ride motorcycles but i need to go back to church or maybe i need to start praying again and so just out of this tragedy so many lives have been saved because of jiff's passing. >> the memorial ride is january 16th.

procession to the service flanked by hundreds of supporters. an update on the 5-year-old killed a year again ago when her father threw her off the dick meisner bridge. phoebe jonchuck's mom hired an attorney and plans on suing dcf. dcf is accused of not following up on two critical phone calls. one warning them that phoebe's father was delusional and phoebe was in danger. dcf made changes after her death but michelle kerr, her mother says it's not enough. >> how many times are you going to do wrong until it's resolved? this isn't the first time. how many times is it going to take? >> a judge ruled phoebe's father, john jonchuck incompetent to stand trial. he's in a state mental hospital

he's due back in court next month. covering pasco county -- parents are using social media to warn the community about a sex offender living near an elementary school. despite a new ordinance he's not breaking laws, that ordinance says sex offenders can't live within 25 feet of where children congregate. but since he was convicted before 2010 and in a different state, the laws don't apply to him. but neighbors are warning each other. >> i already showed my 13-year- old the picture of this man. i asked them to stay clear to be safe. >> the sheriff's office says new random checks are four times a year on all sex offenders in the county. the powerball jackpot is now the largest of any lottery

it's an estimated $675 million. here's a look at last night's powerball numbers. >> i think we won $20 in our office pool. let's look at the forecast for today. if you're planning on a round of golf things are looking pretty decent. we're going to be off to a pretty murky start. a lot of low clouds and if the winds settle down they are at about 10 miles per hour now but if they do come down near calm we could see patchy fog that could create visibility issues, if you're on the course early this morning or hitting the roads. at this point though visibility is looking pretty good. i'll keep you posted on air and twitter with updates, 72 degrees is the high today. the rain chances go up and i'll have more on that in the 7-day forecast. dan? 4:40.

officer tried in the death of freddie gray must now testify against other officers charged in the case. how that officer will fight the judge's ruling at 5:00. >> it says it all. buccaneers fire lovie smith. who might be the new head

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the investigation into underground seismic activity in north korea is not consistent with that country's claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb. the announcement comes after seismographs recorded a 5.1 magnitude earthquake near a nuclear test site but experts say it's not large enough for a hydrogen bomb. if the claims are true it will be the fourth time north korea tested a nuclear weapon since 2006. to an update from washington. this afternoon house speaker paul ryan is going to hold a special ceremony before legislation to repeal the affordable care act to the president's desk. the president already promised to veto the repeal. a gop doesn't have support for an override. video of a 10-year-old girl getting a tsa patdown is going viral and generating a lot of anger. kevin payne said his daughter forgot about a pouch of juice

of line for extra screening. the female tsa agent put the child through a two-minute procedure. her outraged father recorded the search on his cell phone. >> i felt it was incredibly inappropriate, very invasive and really violated my daughter. >> just kept doing it over and over. i -- felt very uncomfortable, i felt like screaming. >> the tsa says a phone in the child's bag also falsely tested positive for explosives. adding "screening procedures do allow for the patdown of a child under certain circumstances which the airport followed." disturbing dash cam video of a woman's final minutes outside of a florida hospital. >> please put your hands on the - >> a police dash cam reported barbara dawson's painful cries as police and medical staff forced her to leave a panhandle hospital. she begged to stay, you heard

hospital staff who had seen her a number of times didn't believe anything was wrong. and autopsy later showed a blood clot in her lungs is what killed her. >> i want justice for barbara so this will not happen to anyone else. >> a representative for the calhoun liberty hospital says a police officer there was only doing his job and that their thoughts and prayers are with dawson's family. the new "star wars" movie is now the highest grossing domestic film ever. until now "a avatar" held the record at $760 million. the worldwide record still belongs to "avatar" but "star wars" could still beat that one too. it opens in china this weekend. here's shay ryan with a look at the thursday forecast. >> it's murky as far as cloud cover is concerned but no rain

so i think it's a pretty smooth start. you can see the gray across the area, it thins out closer to noon, that is where if we get that sunshine coming through that we'll see the temperatures warming up to the low, even some mid-70s today. if the clouds linger too much past noon it's going to -- we'll see the temperatures a little lower than that. bottom line is the rain chances remain pretty low, it's not impossible but remains pretty low through sunset tonight and then we see that area of low pressure off-shore building, that's what is going to bring us rain chances for tomorrow. it moves through pretty quickly but again scattered showers will be possible off and on through the day tomorrow. so that is what brings us the rain on friday. about 40% chance you'll see rain in your neighborhood. then on saturday a much higher chance that we're all going to get at least some rain at some point during the day, or into the evening. more likely later in the day

this is our cold front that has picked up some speed. as it rolls through we're going to have a round of some pretty widespread rain, maybe even an isolated thunderstorm or two. we'll at least be off to a mostly dry start to the day. if you want to get in some outdoor fun, try and do it early saturday. or hold off until sunday. that is when the rain will end, before sunrise. then that cooler, drier air moves in through the afternoon keeping our temperatures near steady after noon. then the cooler air kicks into gear as we head into the first of our next workweek. that is florida's most accurate 7-day forecast. i'm on facebook and twitter. let's look now at the morning commute. this is i-4, at thonotossassa road. no trouble spots now. but janelle martinez will tell us what the other bay area roads look like and what you can expect as you hit the roads. the buccaneers are looking

firing lovie smith. tom explains that some players are upset with inconsistent coaching staff. >> reporter: good morning. the buccaneers will be looking for their fifth coach since 2006 as the team fired lovie smith last night. smith's firing coming after 6- 10 season that ended with a four-game losing streak. the team went 8-24 over smith in two seasons, despite progress the performance recordwise less than mediocre. player reaction is what you would expect. shock, display, linebacker david tweeted "this is stupid, we can't have a consistent coach, three coaches in five years? perhaps the consistency factor will come with the new hiring." could the glaciers be looking at elevating offensive coordinator dirk cutter. greg and i contemplated that

if you wanted continuity for a new quarterback in jameis winston, dirk would give that you even in a coaching change. he's been a head coach before, only at the college level. not necessarily the same success but no, he's probably been the best thing they had going for them this season. you think about jameis winston for 4,000 yards and martin second in the nfl in rushing. they've done that with the new offensive line under the offensive coordinator. >> of course dirk will have to hire himself the very well qualified defensive coordinator. we'll have more clarity on the why and what next when we speak with the general manager later this afternoon. that's your morning sports update. enjoy your day. a semi burst into flames on a massachusetts highway. coming up, an update on the injuries and what the driver says happened right before this fire. >> janet jackson is responding

what she says she's really dealing with and when she'll continue her scheduled

take a look at the rivergate tower tampa camera. you can see the low clouds out there this morning. so we are starting off somewhat murky and we are going to have quite a bit of cloud cover and low clouds early.

level is good if you're hitting the roads. keeping an eye out for patchy fog that could develop. water temperatures right now down to 63 degrees. the air temperature at clearwater beach around 72. rain is unlikely but not impossible today and we'll see more sunshine breaking through those clouds later this afternoon. but again we're off to a cloudy start for sure. i'll have the rain chances and timing out the cooler air coming up in florida's most accurate 7-day forecast. taking action for your money now. winn dixie is announcing on its web site a program aimed at saving you money. the company says it's dropping prices on more than 400 products. winn dixie is calling this the down/down pricing program. some items reduced by 50% and won't change for at least six months. the hunt is on for a person behind a triple murder in lakeland.

for a new head coach.